She made her debut in 1911 at the Bösendorfer-Saal, and became well known as a concert singer in Austria, appearing many times at the Konzerthaus, Vienna, and touring Germany, France and Switzerland.
[1][2] She performed songs by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, and also sang contemporary works by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg and others.
She sang in large orchestral works, and took part in Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performances in 1919.
She occasionally returned to Vienna to give recitals; she also maintained a singing studio in Salzburg where she taught during summers.
She sang at Red Cross hospitals and in military camps; she gave concert recitals in London and was a guest lecturer at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.